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| Criterion |  Business Strategy Strategy Map |  Product Strategy Counter Metrics |  Engineering Goal Question Metric |  Product Strategy SMART Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | A Strategy Map translates strategy into a few connected objectives across perspectives such as finance, customers, processes, and learning. This makes visible which capabilities and activities are meant to drive which results. | When a headline metric could mask side effects, it adds guardrail signals against unwanted outcomes. It connects customer value, product logic, and decision priorities. The result is captured as a counter-metric list and guardrail definitions. | Helps clarify technical problems, hypotheses, and next steps in concrete terms. It breaks a technical problem into testable parts. The result is captured as a GQM table and metric briefs. | When goals are formulated too generally, it brings measurability, direction, and timing into shape. It prevents intentions from staying without clear verification. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h workshop plus review | 30-60 min | 90-180 min | 15-30 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 2-6 | 3-6 | 1-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Strategy Map, Objective Set, Cause-Effect Hypotheses | Counter Metric List, Guardrail Definitions | GQM Table, Metric Profiles | SMART Goal, Measurement Note, Deadline |
Tagsno overlap | AlignmentExecutionGoalsCausality | MetricsMeasurementStrategyExperiments | MetricsMeasurementEngineeringAlignment | GoalsPlanningMeasurementAlignment |